SPEAKOUT


Get a backbone

Tennessee has removed itself from the partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Testing Consortium aligned to the Common Core National Education Standards, joining the 18 other states pushing back against Common Core. Tennessee's move leaves only 16 states and Washington, D.C., remaining in the Consortium. Come on, Missouri parents, tell your school board to muster the old backbones and just say no. They don't know it, but really, in Missouri, the people are still the ones with the power. Speak up. Come to the school board meetings. According to the Sunshine Law the school is required to conduct meetings in a place that is large enough for us all to be seated. So let's be there.

It's a mess

Does anyone know who is responsible for the mess by the barn on Ables Road? You ought to drive by there. The fence is falling down. The weeds are six feet tall. There's dead trees. Is the city responsible or is it somebody that owns the ground? Somebody ought to be. It doesn't look very nice to come into Sikeston and see that mess.

A little piece of history

Well, well, well, here I am back in Morehouse on another vacation and they still haven't done anything about restoring the historical city hall in Morehouse. I would just love to see that old historical building restored. Looks like that would someone would care enough about it to get a bunch of people together and do something about restoring it.

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I just saw on the Breakfast Show where they interviewed this preacher and his gay partner. And said reverend so-and-so was so happy that he could marry his partner after so many years. They should take reverend out in front of his name and throw him out of the country. That's ridiculous. Instead of going against it, he's gay and marrying a gay person. And he puts reverend in front of his name? Ha, ha, I don't think so. He may be stupid but he ain't no reverend.